Inundated with nearly double the snow they are used to, Anchorage residents have been expecting to see this season’s snowfall surpass the record of 132.6 inches set in the winter of 1954-55.
The 3.4 inches that fell by Saturday afternoon brought the total to 133.6 inches.
Two different weather phenomena – La Nina and its northern cousin the Arctic Oscillation – are mostly to blame, meteorologists say. Global warming could also be a factor because it is supposed to increase weather extremes, according to climate scientists.
Temperatures in Anchorage have been far below normal this year. As in Eastern Europe this past winter, the record snow was due to very cold air.
h/t to Marc Morano and Tom Nelson
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